HR 4293 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Nursing Home Staffing Act of 2005

Introduced Nov 10, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Henry A. Waxman D-CA

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 22, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedNov 10, 2005
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Nursing Home Staffing Act of 2005 - Amends titles XVIII (Medicare) and XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate standards for minimum nurse staffing levels in nursing facilities receiving Medicare or Medicaid payments.

Reinstitutes (Boren amendment) payment methodology, providing for payment of Medicaid services through the use of rates determined pursuant to the criteria under state Medicaid plan requirements as in effect on August 1, 1997. Establishes safe harbor rates.

Provides a permanent 1.5% increase of the Medicaid federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for a state beginning with FY 2006.

Authorizes inclusion of: (1) financial accountability requirements in the survey and certification process with respect to facilities receiving Medicare or Medicaid payments; and (2) professionals trained in financial accounting and auditing in the multidisciplinary survey teams of professionals under Medicare and Medicaid.

Cosponsors 59

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Nov 10, 2005 to Nov 9, 2006; 41 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MDAlbert Russell WynnOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-MABarney FrankOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-KYBen ChandlerOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalNov 10, 2005
I-VTBernard SandersOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-MDChris Van HollenOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-FLCorrine BrownOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-MIDale E. KildeeOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-MAEdward J. MarkeyOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalNov 10, 2005
D-CAHilda L. SolisOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-CAJoe BacaOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-MIJohn D. DingellOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-CALois CappsOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-ILLuis V. GutierrezOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-MAMartin T. MeehanOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-PARobert A. BradyOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-FLRobert WexlerOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-NJRush HoltOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-OHSherrod BrownOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-PATim HoldenOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayOriginalNov 10, 2005
D-NJDonald M. PayneNov 15, 2005
D-MAJames P. McGovernNov 15, 2005
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroMay 2, 2006
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.May 16, 2006
D-CABob FilnerJul 27, 2006
D-MDElijah E. CummingsJul 28, 2006
D-NYJerrold NadlerSep 6, 2006
D-NYLouise McIntosh SlaughterSep 6, 2006
D-GUMadeleine Z. BordalloSep 6, 2006
D-VARick BoucherSep 6, 2006
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeSep 6, 2006
D-TXGene GreenSep 7, 2006
D-CAGeorge MillerSep 27, 2006
D-CATom LantosSep 27, 2006
D-CAZoe LofgrenSep 27, 2006
D-TNBart GordonNov 9, 2006
D-MNBetty McCollumNov 9, 2006
D-TXSilvestre ReyesNov 9, 2006

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Nov 10, 2005
Health Subcommittee
Referred Nov 22, 2005
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Nov 10, 2005

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 22, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
  2. Nov 10, 2005Introduced in House
  3. Nov 10, 2005Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to establish minimum requirements for nurse staffing in nursing facilities receiving payments under the Medicare or Medicaid Program.
Short Titles as Introduced
Nursing Home Staffing Act of 2005

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Nov 10, 2005Introduced in House

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